For Immediate Release:
April 1, 2022
Contact:
Megan Wiltsie 202-483-7382
Pittsburgh â Because the city has the third-largest number of observers of the Easter holiday in the U.S. and is located in one of the countryâs top pork-producing states, PETA has placed a pre-Easter message on Pittsburgh buses calling on everyone to âsee the individualâ behind each ham roast and opt for animal-free holiday fare.
âWith so many vegan roasts available nowadays, everyone can enjoy a delicious Easter feast without harming a hair on a little piggyâs head,â says PETA President Ingrid Newkirk. âPETA encourages everyone to celebrate life by showing kindness and mercy to animals.â
Consumer demand is skyrocketingâthe vegan food market is predicted to reach $7.5 billion by 2025. Vegan roasts spare pigs immense suffering: In the meat industry, workers chop off pigletsâ tails, cut their teeth with pliers, and castrate the males without pain relief. At the slaughterhouse, workers hang pigs upside down, sometimes while theyâre still conscious, and bleed them to death.
PETA offers a vegan Easter brunch menuâpacked with sweet and savory recipesâon its website along with a list of top vegan ham roasts, all pig-free.
PETAâwhose motto reads, in part, that âanimals are not ours to eatââopposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.
Source: Peta.org